The FISH FOR THE FUTURE group meeting on November 30, will take up one of the key proposal items in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, namely that EU fish stocks should be restored above levels which can produce Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) by 2015. Some of the questions which will be answered inlude: What does MSY … Continued
A meeting organized by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee (STECF) Expert Working Groups (EWG) 15-11. The focus will be on impact assessments for Baltic Multi-species plan and cod plans in the Kattegat, North Sea, West of Scotland and Irish Sea. The meeting will be held on Nov 28, 2011 to Dec 2, 2011 in Edinburgh, … Continued
For more information download the agenda below.
The Royal Academy for Forestry and Agriculture in Sweden will host an event discussing the CFP reform, with a particular focus on minimising bycatch and the Commission proposals for a discard ban. Speakers include Commissioner Damanaki, the Swedish agriculture Minister Eskil Erlandsson, and the chairs of the BS RAC and the NS RAC. The meeting … Continued
The GAP (Conecting Science, Society and Policy) ‘Kick off’ meeting for the Herring Case Study will present a series of sessions and discussions with focus on Western Baltic herring. There will also be group discussion which will take up two selected topics, namely, MSY as a concept and Management objectives for particular herring stocks. The aims of … Continued
One of the issues, which will be discussed during this council meeting includes the external dimension issue. For more information please check the provisional agenda below.
On Wednesday 9th November, a discussion workshop will be held (hosted by Chris Davies) on behalf of the Fish for the Future group, with contributions from Norwegian fisheries experts to explain the Norwegian experience of policies intended to ban discarding, highlighting the strengths and weakness of such polices and opening up the discussion as to … Continued